AUB TRANSPORT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11645229 · ltd · incorporated 2018-10-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-20
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-01-16
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2023-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2019-06-21
    NAWAZISH, Nawazish resigned
    director
  11. 2019-02-13
    NAWAZISH, Nawazish appointed
    director
  12. 2019-02-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-10-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUB TRANSPORT LIMITED
  14. 2018-10-26
    BHATTI BEGUM, Aman Ullah appointed
    director
  15. 2018-10-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Aman Ullah Bhatti Begum
Individual · Spanish · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/10/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-10-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

23 Gilnow Grove
Bolton
BL1 4SH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BHATTI BEGUM, Aman Ullah
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-10-26
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Active
NAWAZISH, Nawazish
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-02-13 · resigned 2019-06-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-10